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Bellator
MMA is splitting up its upcoming card to air on various
platforms.
The promotion put out a press release on Thursday announcing the
official lineup for
Bellator 248, which consists of 12 fights and two headliners.
The first show, officially titled Bellator 248, will feature of
four bouts topped by Michael
Page vs. Ross
Houston at a 175-pound catchweight. The event will then
transition to the title of Bellator Paris, where it will relocate
its broadcast for eight bouts ending with the Cheick Kongo
vs.
Saul Rogers vs. Arbi
Mezhidov will move to Channel 5 in the UK.
With this release, the organization officially confirmed the loss
of the Davy Gallon
vs. Brian Hooi
matchup, as
news broke on Wednesday that Hooi tested positive for COVID-19.
Additionally, it was formalized that Melvin
Manhoef will not be facing Simon
Biyong on the card. Finally, the promotion has added a women’s
flyweight affair between Maguy
Berchel and Lucie
Bertaud to the prelims.
The event kicks off at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT/4:30 p.m. UK, and
it will then switch to YouTube at 1:45 p.m. ET/10:45 a.m. ET/6:45
p.m. UK for the prelims. The final main card will begin at 5 p.m.
ET/2 p.m. PT/10 p.m. UK with two bouts ending the night.
Bellator 248 Lineup:
Michael
Page vs. Ross
Houston – 175-pound catchweight
Oliver
Enkamp vs. Emmanuel
Dawa – welterweight
Ryan
Scope vs. Alan Omer –
160-pound catchweight
Mads
Burnell vs. Darko
Banovic – featherweight
Bellator Paris Lineup:
Cheick
Kongo vs. Timothy
Johnson – heavyweight
Saul
Rogers vs. Arbi
Mezhidov – featherweight
Terry
Brazier vs. Yves Landu –
lightweight
Ilias
Bulaid vs. Ivan
Naccari – lightweight
Dominique
Wooding vs. Fabacary
Diatta – featherweight
Maguy
Berchel vs. Lucie
Bertaud – women’s flyweight
Jean
N’Doye vs. Ciaran
Clarke – featherweight
Dylan
Logan vs. William
Gomis – featherweight